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Architecture of Prague's Financional Institutions in the European Context
Šamšulová, Kateřina ; Altová, Blanka (advisor) ; Pešek, Jiří (referee)
The diploma thesis deals with architecture of financial institutions in Prague - banks, savings banks and insurance companies - from the middle of the 19th century (when the first representative headquarters of financial institution in Prague was built) to 1939. The research of the thesis is focused on territory of Prague New Town, which is included in town area of Prague 1, where the highest concentration of these financial buildings was in whole research period. The diploma thesis will register and interpret individual headquarters of financial institution in Prague in historical, economic and political context within the Czech lands and the Habsburg monarchy, then also within the Czechoslovak Republic; and in the context of urban and wider architectural development in Prague and Europe too. Key words: Architecture, urbanism, banks, savings banks, insurance companies, 19th and 20th century, Prague, Bohemia, Czechoslovakia, historic style, Art Nouveau, cubism, neo-classicism, functionalism.
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The rule of the Jagiellonian dynasty on the Czech territory as documented in 1918-1938 textbooks
Menšík, Tomáš ; Pešek, Jiří (advisor) ; Tuček, Jan (referee)
The diploma thesis, entitled "The rule of the Jagiellonian dynasty on the Czech territory as documented in 1918-1938 textbooks", observes the transformation of a historical fact regarding data concerning the period of the reign of the Jagellonian dynasty, as stated in Czech and Polish textbooks dating back to 1918-1938. The national and socio-political point of the emergence of both countries after 1918 is the basis for the observation and comparison of the presented historiographical content. The thesis focuses on the difference of the presentation of the historical content, as well as on the influence of a particular political period on the text editing of the content in history textbooks. The thesis begins with an introduction to the Jagellonian period. This is followed by a comparison of historical contents in Polish and Czechoslovakian history textbooks. Finally, this work also shows the effect of political situations on the transformation of historiography and the narrative of content regarding the Jagellonian period in history textbooks. Keywords: History textbooks, narrative, comparison, historiography,transformation.
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Tomas Bata school's educational system.
Symerská, Ilona ; Pešek, Jiří (advisor) ; Nešpor, Zdeněk (referee)
The thesis titles "The educational system in school of Tomas Bata" that is engaged in business and vocational education since the nineteen twenties by Bata in Zlin. Bata's educational system is described in the economic and social context and analyzes the demographic, economic, business, geographical and technical factors of that time, which has been proved to be crucial for its creation. The thesis also identifies the ideological sources of business education - corporate educational systems in the USA (operated in companies of Henry Ford and Milton Herschey) and focused on reasons for successful transfer of these overseas models into the environment in former Czechoslovakia. It also analyzes the major goals that the introduction of corporate training companies pursue. The thesis also deals with the different kinds of Bata School, describes their genesis and the relationship to the state education system. It describes in detail the development of the experimental schools in Zlin region and its organization, including training programs. The thesis also includes an analysis of the Bata social program that touches all sectors and activities in which Tomas Bata in the course of his life was involved. Keywords: enterprise education, vocational training, educational system, Bata education, experimental...
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Students of Philosophical Faculty Charles University in Prague in 1920 and 1938.
Zilvarová, Věra ; Pešek, Jiří (advisor) ; Ďurčanský, Marek (referee)
The present dissertation Female students of the Faculty of Arts at Charles University in Prague in the academic year 1920/21 and 1938/39 is concerned with the comparison of the profile of female listeners from the various of perspectives. The discussed topics are among others: the increasing number of female listeners and their social, geographical and religious profile as well as their age, nationality and later in their life achieved success. The dissertation also reconsideres the development of female education in 19th and early 20th century, namely until the end of the First Republic. It also characterizes the development of women's feminist movement which since the 19th century sought primarily on women's right to education and career opportunities in areas that were previously defined only by men. One of the chapters is devoted to the issue of the penetration of women into the scientific area. An important part of work shows the approach in the organization of girls' High-school education in Bohemia in the second half of the 19th century and in the interwar period. The detailed analysis of studies at the Faculty of Arts at Charles University during the 20's and 30's of the 20th century has been done. The results of empirical research have been supplemented with data illustrating the overall...
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The Causes of the Student Protest Movement in the Federal Republic of Germany in the 1960s
Renner, Tomáš ; Pešek, Jiří (advisor) ; Valenta, Martin (referee) ; Pažout, Jaroslav (referee)
The author of this dissertation thesis examines causes and intellectual sources of the student protest movement in the Federal Republic of Germany in the 1960s. He presents two societal concepts of post-world war Federal Republic of Germany. The idea of formed society started in the intellectual circles of the federal chancellor Ludwig Erhard. It had its roots in the experience of economic and political downfall of the Weimar republic and the apocaliptic war that followed. The idea of the long march through institutions was formulated by leaders of the student protest movement who saw it as the only way to change society from within after the failure of marxist revolution in western Europe. Although both concepts lost their appeal in the course of history, they still remain an important contribution to the modernisation process of the Federal Republic of Germany and at the same time are an answer to the initial question concerning the causes of the student protest movement.
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A comparative study of British, French, and Austro-Hungarian pictorial propaganda during World war 1 in years 1914-1915
Beer, Kamil ; Pešek, Jiří (advisor) ; Alt, Jaroslav (referee)
English abstract The master's thesis compares aspects of British, French, and Austro-Hungarian pictorial propaganda at the beginning of the Great War and its argumentation and influence. By comparing 100 propaganda pictures (ex. various posters, newspaper illustrations, postcards, etc.) made by each of the countries, the thesis describes various image distinctions in three areas of research: concerning the dominant motives of the posters, concerning the human values and emotions, which the posters influenced, and concerning the usage of national signs in these media. Keywords: First world war, propaganda, posters, Great Britain, France, Austro-Hungary, comparative study
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Sanitation of Josefov and its Viennese origin. Analysis of public opinion
Brožová, Karolína ; Pešek, Jiří (advisor) ; Altová, Blanka (referee)
in English Aim of this work is mostly about process of sanitation of Josefov and also shows themes which are not still much discussed. Just denial opinion about simplification of denying sanitation, pointing on certain inevitability of this decision for Josefov, but also to effors for saving most important thinks from this area, belong to these themes. The effor to refute some myths about sanitation Josefov, is closely related. As a model city for better understanding the situation was chosen Vienna. The Prague town council was inspired by this city for process sanitation itself. The regulation of historic city centre was there about few decades earlier and the Ringstrasse was the result. In both projects are same characters in planning and implementation itself. But on other hand have both cities, especially Prague, own specific features that made both rebuilding unique.
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Ideational framework of British foreign policy under New Labour.
Váška, Jan ; Pešek, Jiří (advisor) ; Říchová, Blanka (referee) ; Fiala, Vlastimil (referee)
This doctoral thesis explores the ideational framework of British foreign and European policy in the era of New Labour governments (1997-2010). Drawing from social constructivism and the "linguistic turn" in social sciences, and using discourse analysis as its primary tool, it analyses a set of major foreign and European policy speeches by prime ministers and foreign secretaries, and Labour Party general election manifestos, to reconstruct the ideational structure in which empirical British foreign policy was embedded. It identifies conceptual ideas about the nature and rules governing the international order, distribution of power in the international system, hierarchy of issues in contemporary international agenda, international identity and role of the United Kingdom, its key international relationships, its power resources, and interests and values shaping British foreign policy, as held by the leading government figures of the era. Established changes and transformations of these governing ideas are contextualised in the empirical development in the international arena. While confirming the pro-stability and self-reproduction bias of ideational structures, via their constitution of agency and organization of the actors' discursive practices, the thesis identifies six events which sparked...
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The Third Pillar of Foreign Policy? West German Foreign Cultural Policy in the 1960s and 1970s
Baštová, Petra ; Pešek, Jiří (advisor) ; Tomalová, Eliška (referee) ; Segert, Dieter (referee)
This doctoral thesis deals with fundamental changes in West German foreign cultural policy during the 1960s and 1970s. Its objective is not only to examine how and under what circumstances the first (West) German conception of foreign cultural policy was conceived or which institutions and individuals participated most actively in its formation, but also to assess the understanding and definitions of foreign cultural policy and its role in the overall foreign policy of the Federal Republic of Germany. Further, the topic is analysed within a broad historical and international context. The research primarily uses the methodology of political history but has also been inspired by cultural history and political science.
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